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A young man from Carranza has been arrested for defrauding 950,000 euros at gas stations

During the investigation, the Civil Guard found a network of companies and false identities.

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On Wednesday, the Civil Guard arrested a 25-year-old man in Carranza (Bizkaia) forhisrole as ideologist and leader of a network of State gas stations that defrauded nearly EUR 1 million.

The investigation has been under way for 10 months and it has been possible to clarify17 crimes   committed between December 2023 and May 2024, during which time this network stole about 950,000 euros, of which the police have recovered about 400,000.

The operation began after a complaint was filed by a service station in Estella alleging that the false distributor had defrauded 41,000 euros.

Subsequently, more victims of the false distributor were found in Tafalla and Bera (Navarre), Calahorra (La Rioja), Basauri (Bizkaia), Zuazo de Vitoria (Álava), Mejorada del Campo (Madrid), Langreo and Brieves (Asturias), Torre del Burgo (Guadalajara), Noia, Boiro, Sada, Santiago Compostela, Laracha (A Coruña), Lugo (Lugo), Soria.

The detaineeoffered fuel at competitive prices  and demanded immediate payment, sending false documentation to build confidence and maintaining constant contact via mail, telephone or WhatsApp. 

When the gas stations made the payment, however, he provided false loading codes, and before the victim turned down thebank operation, he took money out of it through various accounts and cut off the communication.



During the investigation, more than 100 registered telephone lines with false identities, various bank accounts, ad hoc messages, the use of VPN and numerous forged documentation have been detected.

In addition, searches carried out in Pesca and Ramales de la Victoria (Cantabria) have involved telephones, computers and cards in which thousands of documents and conversations linking the detainee to fraud throughout the country have been found.



Eleven persons of Spanish,Chineseand Romanian nationality between the ages of 20 and 71 have also been investigated with the detainee batera for providing him with current accounts to channel his income. He also identified collaboratorswho werebuying fake document  cards.

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